Best Fieldguide

["Simon Mustoe" <>]

ABSOLUTELY! The Collins "Fieldguide to the Birds of Britain and Europe" is 
THE DEFINITIVE fieldguide and would serve well as a model of how to do a 
guide here. Given the quality of the plates and text in HANZAB, I would 
think it would be relatively simple process to transcribe these into a 
volume...and very profitable for the authors. If these fieldguides are done 
well, they sell internationally. Many people overseas will buy them in lieu 
of visiting Australia or as a reference. I suspect thousands would sell very 
fast - but only if it was a high quality publication. I have no doubt 
however that this can be done with just a few extra illustrations and the 
odd re-illustration.
Regards,

Simon.